Dylan

Primarily a boy's name · 96% boys

Dylan first appears in the U.S. data in 1953 and has been recorded in 72 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2001 with 16,497 babies (rank #21 that year). In 2024 it was given to 7,464 boys (rank #28). The name has been declining over the last five years.
428,351
Total babies (all years)
72
Years in the data
16,497
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19536#3,531
19547#3,240
195512#2,337
195610#2,680
195711#2,531
195822#1,695
195930#1,447
196039#1,257
196132#1,414
196220#1,825
196333#1,360
196438#1,266
196547#1,084
196662#928
196763#911
1968121#686
1969228#514
1970315#457
1971257#509
1972302#454
1973277#474
1974384#395
1975453#366
1976399#387
1977530#338
1978480#351
1979639#305
1980822#265
1981729#283
1982700#290
1983777#266
1984971#231
19851,331#188
19861,833#149
19871,997#141
19882,158#137
19892,853#115
19904,414#83
19919,763#46
199215,063#28
199312,687#32
199412,530#32
199512,091#34
199612,037#33
199712,968#30
199814,540#25
199915,981#23
200015,405#24
200116,497#21
200214,821#23
200315,703#19
200414,852#19
200513,782#24
200613,171#26
200712,811#29
200811,707#31
200911,372#30
201010,518#31
20119,790#33
201210,000#31
201310,127#29
201410,416#29
201510,298#27
20169,719#32
20179,315#29
20188,610#31
20197,555#39
20206,855#42
20216,762#44
20226,738#42
20237,072#34
20247,464#28